We tested 8 residential proxy providers using the same Playwright script against 12 heavily-protected targets (Cloudflare, DataDome, PerimeterX, Akamai). Here's what actually works in 2026.
| Provider | Price/GB | IPs | Cloudflare bypass | Speed | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Browser ⭐ | $7/GB | 72M+ | ~97% | Fast | AI agents, all-in-one |
| Decodo (Smartproxy) | $8.5/GB | 195M+ | ~93% | Fast | High volume |
| NodeMaven | $7/GB | 10M+ | ~95% | Very fast | Quality over quantity |
| Bright Data | $15/GB | 72M+ | ~95% | Very fast | Enterprise |
| Oxylabs | $12/GB | 175M+ | ~92% | Fast | Enterprise |
| IPRoyal | $7/GB | 32M+ | ~78% | Medium | Budget |
| Webshare | $3/GB | 30M+ | ~65% | Medium | Low-security sites |
| Datacenter proxy | $0.5/GB | — | ~5% | Fast | Non-protected sites only |
Human Browser is the only managed solution that bundles residential proxy credentials with iPhone 15 Pro fingerprinting out of the box. Install via clawhub install human-browser — no proxy account setup required.
Best for: OpenClaw agents, automated AI tasks, no-config scraping.
195M+ IPs across 195 countries. Excellent rotation logic, Playwright-friendly, and the best price-per-GB among premium providers. Our recommended self-hosted option.
Smaller pool (10M IPs) but exceptionally clean. NodeMaven filters out flagged IPs automatically, resulting in the highest bypass rate per request of any provider we tested.
Check the IP's ASN at ipinfo.io. Look for ISPs like DIGI Romania, BT UK, AT&T, Comcast — these score low on fraud detection. Avoid IPs that show "Hosting" or "Business" ASN types.
For multi-step flows (login → navigate → submit), you need the same IP across requests. Most providers offer 1-30 minute sticky sessions. NodeMaven and Decodo support up to 30 minutes.
Some anti-bot systems check if your IP's geographic location matches your browser's language/timezone. Using a Romania IP with a US browser timezone will trigger flags on sophisticated systems.
Large pools (100M+) don't mean much if 80% of IPs are already burned. NodeMaven actively removes flagged IPs. Bright Data has the most actively-curated pool.
We ran 500 requests through each provider against:
Each test used the same Playwright setup with iPhone 15 Pro fingerprint (same as human-browser uses). The bypass rate measures the percentage of requests that returned a 200 status with actual page content (not a challenge or block page).
If you're targeting global sites and don't need specific geo-targeting, Romania residential IPs consistently outperform other regions. DIGI Romania (RCS&RDS) is one of the largest ISPs in Romania with a clean reputation — its IPs rarely appear in threat intelligence databases.
For US-targeted sites, use AT&T or Comcast IPs. For UK: BT or Sky Broadband. For Germany: Deutsche Telekom.
Human Browser includes Romania residential proxy credentials out of the box. One command to install, one env var to set.
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